Kashmir Files Banned In Singapore: ‘The Kashmir Files’ has been mired in controversy.
Singapore:
The Kashmir Files, a controversial movie on the exodus of Hindus from the Kashmir Valley within the Nineties, has been banned by Singapore, which has cited issues over its “potential to cause enmity between different communities”.
The movie has been assessed to be “beyond” Singapore’s movie classification pointers, information company PTI has reported.
“The film will be refused classification for its provocative and one-sided portrayal of Muslims and the depictions of Hindus being persecuted in the ongoing conflict in Kashmir,” the Singapore authorities stated in a press release on Monday.
“These representations have the potential to cause enmity between different communities, and disrupt social cohesion and religious harmony in our multi-racial and multi-religious society,” the assertion added.
The city-state stated below its movie classification pointers, “any material that is denigrating to racial or religious communities in Singapore” will likely be refused classification.
Released on March 11, the Kashmir Files, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, has been praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other BJP leaders and has additionally been rated a Box Office hit, however critics say it performs to anti-Muslim sentiment and is unfastened with info.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor shared the Singapore authorities assertion, given to Channel News Asia, and wrote: “Film promoted by India’s ruling party, Kashmir Files, banned in Singapore.”
Film promoted by India’s ruling celebration, #KashmirFiles, banned in Singapore: https://t.co/S6TBjglelepic.twitter.com/RuaoTReuAH
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 10, 2022
Also written by Vivek Agnihotri, the movie stars Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi in lead roles.
At a latest press convention, Mr Agnihotri alleged an “international political campaign” towards him and his movie by international media retailers. He claimed this was the rationale his press convention was cancelled by the Foreign Correspondents Club and the Press Club of India.